Ironing-board structure



Aug. 17 1926.

F. W. HURST :KONING .BOARD STRUCTURE Aug. 17 1926.

F. w. HuRs'r IRONING BOARD. STRUCTURE Filed April 6, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet2 gwuentoz Ff WHurJZ Pafente Aug. 17,1926. y

UNITED STATES FREDERICK W. HURST, 0F LOGAN, UTAH:

IRONING-BOARD STRUCTURE.

Application led April v6, 1923. Serial No. 630,291.,

Thepresent invention relates to station' ary ironing boards which arebuilt into the wall of a room so as to'be entirely concealed vwhen notin use. s

The main object of the invention is to provide an ironing board of thischaracter that will open outwardly from the frame or cabinet in the walland may be turned in any horizontal direction parallel with or at rightangles to theJ wall when open.

A. further object of the invention consists in providing a secondary orsleeve board attached to the main board in such a manner that it can. beplaced above the latter when open and folded beneath the same.

when in closed position.

Still another object of the` invention reJ sides in the fact that no legor support for the ironing board is needed for resting it on the Hoor,but that instead a prop is provided which is situated Within the frameor cabinet. .This prop is so constructed that itfalls automatically inposition when the door of the cabinet is opened and closes with theshutting of the door. The advantage'of this construction is that lessdepth is required in the cabinet for housing the ironing board.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the laccompanyingdrawings- Figure 1 shows the ironing board in side view and openposition with the cabinet in section; Figure 2 shows the ironing boardin closed osition and the frame or cabinet in perpen icular section;

Figure 3' is a horizontal section of the cabinet with the ironing boardopen;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal section of the ironing board;

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the supporting member for the ironingboard, an

Figure 6 is a perspective view of some details. 1

Y Referring particularly to Figures 1, 2 and 3, the reference numeral 10represents a [wall having'a recess into which a Jframe or cabinet 11 isbuilt in so as to fit-,tightly on all sides of the recess. Near thebottom of the frame is secured a transverse slat 12 running the entirewidth across the frame andto this slat is hinged, as or bracket 14 whichis-comparatively short and onlyprotrudes' a vshort distance beyond thewall when in open. position.A This bracket has a rearw ard extension 15which vnel iron or cleat 25 secured by at 13, a flap Y abuts on theunder side of the slat 12 when i to engage in a groove-19 provided onthe under side of the bracket. As seen in Figure 1, this strut stands ata slight inclination when engaging with the groove 19 and is for thatpurpose beveled on its bottom edge, as at 20. In folded position, asseen in Figure 2, the strut is held perpendicularly by the abutment 1-and its cross piece 18 falls into the recess formed near the ledge'15 ofthe bracket.

0n the upper side of the bracket is p-rovided. a. mounting for anironing board. This mounting includes a track consisting of an arcuatemetal plate or strip 22 which preferably is 'semi-circular and has arabbet formed along its circular edge 23 by placing spacing boards orblocks '27 between it and the bracket to which it is secured by screws.The blocks 27 cooperate to Jform the inner section of a support for thetrackf'strip. In the rabbet of the track strip is engaged the flange 24at the lower end of the chanmeans of screws or in any other suitablemanner to the rear end of the main ironing board 26. The outer end ofthe bracket 14 has secured thereto a filler piece or to 'maintain thebracket and the ironing board 26 in parallel relation at all times. Atthe sides o1- its, inner end portion the the bracket is open so aspartly to support d block 21 which may be termed the outer section ofthe support for the track strip isa formed with recesses or seats 21 toreceive the ends of thetrack strip and maintain the upper faces of the`strip 22 and block 21 1n the same plane. :This construction is best seenin Figure 4 where also a pintle 48 isshown, around which the mainironing board 26 is permitted tobe turned out of its normal position.When the Amain ironing board, as seen in Figure f3, points outwardly atright angles from the wall, the channel 25 engages entirely by means ofitsy flange 24 wlth the protruding plate 22. .Whenit is desired to turnAthe main.

lower end disposed ironing board out r`oit its central position, theange 24 will then run in the rabbet 23 so as to still engage therein.

At the extreme end of the mam 1ron1ng board 26 is provided a downwardlyextending hinge member 28 rigidly secured to the end of the main boardby means of screws 29 or the like. A pair of parallel links 30 arejournaled on their transverse portion 31 at the lower end of the hingemember 28 so as to be able to swing from a perpendicular position downto a horizontal one below7 the ironing board 26. These links 30 have]ournaled connection 21 at one end of a secondary ironing board 32 and asecond pair lot links 33 extending in parallel direction wlth the lirstlinks'30 are also journaled under the secondary board 32, as at 34. Theshort or second links 33 have at their lower ends a connecting band 35journaled thereto, as

at 36, the other end of the band being similarly journaled, as at 37,about midway down on the first links 30. By referring to Fi re 1, iswill be seen that with the secon ary ironing board 32 in open position,the connecting band 35 will lie flat on top of the main ironing board 26and the links 30 and '33 will form legs for supporting the second'- aryironing board 32in spaced relation on to of the main ironing board. Whenthe secon ary ironing board is not in use or when the boards are to befolded in the cabinetvor frame, the secondary ironing board 32 is swungaround the pin 31 until it lies flat beneath the main ironing board 26,as best seen in Figure 2, and in order to hold the secondary ironingboard in this position, a small latch 38 is provided on the under sideof the main ironing board. This latch is preferably a swiveled nut whichmay be turned to engage thehead of the secondary ironing board whenlocking the same.

Behind the hinge plate 28 at the free end or the ironing board 26 isfurnished a recess l 47 in which the head plate 46 is seated to keep thesecondary board locked in erected position. This plate is secured on theunder side of the band 35 in such a manner that its ledge engages behindthe edge of the plate 28.

A door 4() hinged to one side of the frame 11 is intended to close theopening of the frame 11 and in doing so willhold the boards in uprightposition in the frame and entirely concealed behind the door. side ofthe door may be mounted to turn one or more clothes racks 41 which canbe turned outwardly when the door isv open to provide a .place forclothes to dry when the ironing board is in use.

The .main ironing board is'balanced and Ahung in the frame so that,directly the door 40 is swung o en, the ironing'board will fall outwardsuntll the ledge 15 strikesthe slat v12. Slmultaneously the strut 16 willalso On the inner fall outwardly and engage in the groove 19 on theunder side of the turntable 14, and in this manner firmly support theturntable as well as the ironing boards. lf the secondary ironing boardor sleeve board 32 is required, it will be released from its latch 38and swung outwardly on top of the main Having thus described theinvention, what4 is claimed as new is 1. In afolding ironing tableconstruction, a frame, a bracket pivotally mounted in said frame andadapted to be swung out of the frame to a substantially horizontalposition, a mounting for an ironing board carried by said bracket andcomprising a support including an outer section having a flat upper faceand having recesses at the sides of its inner end portion forming seats,an inner section of less depth than the outer section, and an arcuatetrack strip, secured upon said inner section with its end portionssecured in the seats formed in the inner end portion of said outersection and its upper face flush with the upper face of the outersection, said track strip having its outer peripheral edge portionprojecting beyond said inner section, an ironing board resting'upon theflat upper faces of said track stripand outer section of said supportand pivotally connected with said outer section at the Center ofcurvature ofsaid track stripand a depending cleat secured to the innerend of said ironing board and engaged beneath the projecting peripheraledge portion of the track strip.

2. In a folding ironing table construction, a frame, a-bracket pivotallymountedat one end in said frame and adapted to be swung downwardly outof` the frame to a substantially horizontal position, a filler block se-I cured upon the upper face of the outer end portion of the bracket and'havin a flat upper face, an arcuate track st'rip disposed over saidbracket `with its ends secured to the inner end of said block and itsupper face Hush with the upper face of the block, a spacing block forsaid track strip extending from the inner end of said ller block beneathsaid track strip and having an arcuate edge face terminating' short'ofthe outer arcuate edge of the track strip,`an ironing board havingfitsbutt end portion overlapping said brtcket'and resting upon saidllerblock and track strip and having an arcuate inner end edge face,l meanspivotally mounting said ironing board for swinging board and at itslower end having a projection extending beneath the overhangmgperipheral edge dportion of the track strip.

3. In a folding' ironing table construction, a cabinet open Vat itsfront, a slat extending across said cabinet in spaced relation to itsbottom, an abutment inthe bottom of said cabinet, a bracket hin ed tosaid slat and adapted -to be swung ownwardly out of the cabinet and atits inner end having a lip extension of reduced thickness to engage theunder face of said slat and limit down- 'ward movement of the bracket, avprop in tu said cabinet having its lower end seated upon vthe bottom ofthe cabinet in engagement with said abutment and its uper end portionformed with a bill of reduce thickness adapted toroverlap said lipwhensaid bracket is disposed .vertically in the cabinet and en age in aseat formed in the under face `o the bracket when the bracket is swungdownwardly out of the cabinet, and' an ironing board carried by saidbracket for movement into and out of the cabinet with the bracket. Intestimony whereof, I aix my signa- I'e. Y Y

FREDERICK W. HURST. [L 5.]

